It’s a reasonable guess that anyone following the blockbuster trial of Bo Xilai, the former Chinese Communist Party boss who fell from grace in particularly spectacular fashion last year, is not doing so for its verdict. The guilt of the sixty-four-year-old Bo, who stands accused of graft, bribery, and abuse of power, has been predetermined. All that is left is the show trial, which began on Thursday morning in the eastern capital of Jinan. Unlike other high-profile cases in recent years, which have opened and closed with one-day, pro-forma hearings, the Bo trial is a spectacle.
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